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Table 2 Explanatory model for self-assessment of health status according to gender and to racial classification using IBGE categories and the skin color scale

From: Comparison between two race/skin color classifications in relation to health-related outcomes in Brazil

Variables

Women

Men

IBGE

OR

CI 95%

Sig

OR

CI 95%

Sig

Age

1.04

1.03-1.04

0.00

1.03

1.03-1.04

0.00

Skin color (IBGE)

      

White

1.00

-

-

1.00

-

-

Brown

0.84

0.69-1.03

0.95

1.01

0.79-1.29

0.96

Black

0.95

0.72-1.26

0.72

1.11

0.72-1.72

0.64

Years of schooling

0.91

0.90-0.94

0.00

0.93

0.90-0.96

0.00

Consumer goods

0.87

0.83-0.92

0.00

0.93

0.87-0.97

0.02

   Skin color scale

      

Age

1.03

1.03-1.04

0.00

1.03

1.03-1.04

0.00

Skin color scale

1.01

0.96-1.04

0.61

1.03

0.97-1.10

0.31

Years of schooling

0.92

0.90-0.94

0.00

0.93

0.90-0.96

0.00

Consumer goods

0.87

0.82-0.91

0.00

0.93

0.87-0.99

0.02

  1. Brazil, 2003